Improvement in corn-planters and cultivators



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T; BA'RTUN.. Corn PQI-anters and Culti-vatnrs.

N0.l56,528.' Y* Patented Noy.3,1874.

n), d "l a5 'n'rn TAYLOR BARTON, OF SHELBINA, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS AND'CULTIVATORS.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,528, dated November 3, 1874; application filed A July 3, m14.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known. that I, TAYLORBARTON, of Shelbina, in the county of Shelby and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters and Gultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is .a full, clear, and exact-description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved combined self-dropping corn-planter and cultivator, the nature of which will be hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan, Fig. 2 an under-side view, Fig. 3 a side view, Figs. 4 and 5 detail views, of apparatus constructed according to my invention. Y

A represents the main frame of the machine, which is composed of a series of bars ortimbers, A1 A2 A3, and supports and carries the Working parts. At the rear end of this frame Aa pair of extending arms,B B,.are arranged, the front ends of which are connected to the rear timber A1, and the cross-bar A4, while at their rear ends they are provided with bearings B1, for the reception of the crank-axle G2, upon which are mounted the supportingwheels C O1. The wheel C is fixed rigidly on the crank-axle G2 5 While the Wheel G is arranged to turn freely in bearings formed on the end ot' the axle O2. On the axle G2 a crank, C3, is formed, to which is connected, with capability of movement thereon, one end of arod, G4, the other end of which is connected to a crank-lever, D,1Which at D is pivoted to the cross-bar A4, While it is, by pin-joint D3, connected to a sliding bar, E, extending nearly across the apparatus, as shown by Fig. l. At each end. this bar E is provided with perforated slides E1, which are arranged to work in grooves or channels formed beneath the false bottoms F2 of the hoppers F. In the center of thefalse bottoms F2 of the hopper F a hole or aperture, F4, is formed in a line with the center of the apertures E2 of the ,slides E1, and beneath the slides E1 a platform, F5, is arranged, which forms the bottom of the hopper F. In this platform F5 is formed a pair of apertures, F5, so placed that they may alternately be coincident with one or the other of the apertures E2 of the slides E1, as indicated by Fig. 5. The hoppers `F are connected to the platforms F5, and the platforms are snpported,with capability of removal and replacement, on the platform A, by means of nuts and bolts, or other equivalent means; the object of this arrangement of apertures and slides being that a given quantity of grain may be allowed to pass, at intervals, through the aperture F4 into one of the apertures E2 of the slides E1, from which, in the to-and-fro motion of the bar E and slidesV E1, the corn is discharged, through the holes F5, to the spouts G1, formed'in the rear of the standards G, the lower front ends of which are provided with shovels G2, for opening the ground. In the rear, and on either side, of the shovels or teeth G2 other teeth or shovels, H1, are arranged for the purpose of covering the seed. These shovels H1, attheir upper ends, are connected to standards H, which at H2 are pivoted to the bars A3; while at theirfront side they are provided with a segmental bracket, H3, which is arranged to slide in aslot, A4, in the bar A3. The bracket H3 is provided with a series of holes, A4, through which a pin, A5, supported in the bar A3,passes; the object of ythis segmental bracket H3 being to allow of the adjustment of the position of the shovels H1. In the front of the apparatus two small gagewheels, I I, are arranged for the purpose of regulating the depth to which the shovels or plows G2 H1 shall enter the ground. The gagewheels I are supported in bearings 11 formed in the lower ends of standards I2, which, at their upper ends, are connected, with capability of adjustment vertically, to the cross-bars A3. K K are revolving cutters, arranged slightly in front of the wheels I, and in a line with the center of the shovels G2. These cutters K are supported in bearings formed in the ends of the standards K1, which are adjustable vertically in slots formed for the same in the bars A2 5 the object ofthe cutters K being to sever any stalks or weeds that may come in the way of the shovels G2. Lis a tongue or pole for the purpose of bitching horses to for driving the machine 5 and M M are handles for guiding the apparatus.

When it is wished to employ the machine as acorn-planter, the parts are arranged as shown by Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and as hereinbefore described; but when it is required to employ the apparatus as a cultivator only, it is simply' necessary to remove the wheels C Cl and the corn-dropping mechanism, and to shift the two outer shovels Hl, with their standards H and beams A3, from the position shown by Figs. 1 and 2 in full lines to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, leaving the shovels G2 on the outside of the machine.

The pins employed for connecting the standards of the plows to the framingA are formed of wood, in order that, in the event of the shovels striking any unyielding substance, the pins may be readily broken, and thereby allow of the plows turning out of the way of such obstacles, and passing free Without breaking the machine.

whole being constructed and operating substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim .the foregoing as my own invention, I afx my signature in presence of two-witnesses.

TAYLOR BARTON.

Witnesses:

CHAs. M. KING, F. P. JACKSON. 

